Pythons and Rattlesnakes Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• slither : since rattlesnakes don’t have arms, legs, or ears, they can quietly _ through grass and rocks without making a sound.
• coil : when threatened, rattlesnakes usually _ and rattle to warn aggressors.
• constriction : what a python does to kill their prey.
• animals : rattlensnakes can enter small openings in the ground created by other _ and find them and eat them.
• teeth : a python can have as many as one-hundred fifty of these in its mouth to help guide its prey down the throat.
• speed : pythons don’t need _ to catch their prey since they are so large.
• venom : a poisonous fluid that is released from the rattlesnake’s fangs when it strikes to kill its prey.
• whole : pythons can swallow their prey _ .
• tubes : these pump venom from sacs to the rattlesnake’s fangs.
• non-venomous : pythons are in a species of snakes that are called _ .
• rattle : rattlesnakes are best known for and most easily recognized by their _ .
• fangs : when a rattlesnake strikes, venom flows throughout its hollow _ .
• rocky : most rattlesnakes live in open, _ areas.
• curved : pythons have what kind of teeth?
• swimmers : since pythons are excellent _ , they can stay under water for up to thirty minutes before coming up for air.
• kilometers : pythons can travel 1.6 _ per hour on open ground.